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Nearly 50 drivers fined for entering Dundee school exclusion zones and pavement parking

Police and Dundee City Council parking wardens issued parking tickets after a 'significant increase' in complaints.

Police monitoring drivers outside Northeast Campus in 2022.
Police monitoring drivers outside Northeast Campus in 2022. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Nearly 50 drivers have been fined for entering Dundee school exclusion zones and parking on pavements.

Police and parking wardens from Dundee City Council attended Northeast Campus and St Andrews Primary School recently following a “significant increase” in complaints from the school.

During the recent patrols, 43 drivers were issued fixed penalty notices for driving in the zone during restricted times.

Drivers have been fined for entering the Dundee school exclusion zones at Northeast Campus
The School Streets zone outside Northeast Campus in Whitfield. Image: Kim Cessford/DC Thomson

Another six drivers were given tickets for parking on school zig-zags, which should be kept clear at all times, and on pavements.

The exclusion zone prohibits vehicles from using certain roads outside schools across the city during drop-off and pick-up times.

Drivers fined for flouting School Streets (exclusion zone) rules

Introduced in 2022, the initiative is designed to discourage driving to and from schools and to encourage active travel.

There were previously calls for more enforcement after police went months without catching a single driver breaking the rules.

The School Streets programme is in force during term times between 8.30am-9.15am and 3.00pm- 3.30pm at the following schools:

  • Fintry Primary School
  • North East Campus (Longhaugh Primary School, St Francis RC Primary School & Quarryview Nursery)
  • Coldside Campus (Rosebank Primary School, Our Lady’s RC Primary School & Frances Wright Nursery)
  • St Andrews RC Primary School
  • Downfield Primary School
  • Craigiebarns Primary School
  • St Mary’s RC Primary School
  • Forthill Primary School
  • Eastern Primary School
  • Mill O’ Mains Primary School
  • Clepington Primary School
  • St. Pius RC Primary School
  • St. Ninians RC Primary School

Exemptions are in place for residents with permits and emergency services during the restricted hours.

A ban on pavement parking was also introduced across the city at the beginning of 2024.

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